Comments on: Could Skyscrapers Be Made of Wood? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/09/could-skyscrapers-be-made-of-wood/ Keeping You Current Sat, 18 May 2013 04:49:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Werner Hofstätter http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/09/could-skyscrapers-be-made-of-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-744 Werner Hofstätter Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:40:23 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=3661#comment-744 Thanks for this excellent post and for providing the link to Michael Green's study on our web-site. The study was able to be funded by Wood Works BC thanks to Forestry Innovation Investment and the Canadian Wood Council, as our way to promote wood use in taller buildings. Your readers may also be interested in Michael's recent TED Talk, in which he fully describes the global importance of using sustainable building products like wood. It features a cubic metre of the engineered wood products that are paramount to this discussion: http://talentsearch.ted.com/video/Michael-Green-The-beauty-and-im;TEDVancouver Thanks for this excellent post and for providing the link to Michael Green’s study on our web-site. The study was able to be funded by Wood Works BC thanks to Forestry Innovation Investment and the Canadian Wood Council, as our way to promote wood use in taller buildings.

Your readers may also be interested in Michael’s recent TED Talk, in which he fully describes the global importance of using sustainable building products like wood. It features a cubic metre of the engineered wood products that are paramount to this discussion:

http://talentsearch.ted.com/video/Michael-Green-The-beauty-and-im;TEDVancouver

]]> By: Joelle http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/09/could-skyscrapers-be-made-of-wood/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Joelle Wed, 05 Sep 2012 20:40:46 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=3661#comment-658 The Yukon has log skyscrapers already! http://heritageyukon.ca/historical-buildings/log-skyscrapers Built in 1947. The Yukon has log skyscrapers already!
http://heritageyukon.ca/historical-buildings/log-skyscrapers

Built in 1947.

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